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Charles Ray McCroskey

Charles Ray McCroskey

Male 1925 - 2014  (89 years)

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  • Name Charles Ray McCroskey 
    Birth 25 Apr 1925  Walton, Roane Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Nov 2014  Terra Haute, Vigo Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10699  forneyclark
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Father George Washington McCroskey,   b. 12 Oct 1891, Roane Co., WV; lived in Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1978, Roane Co., WV; burial: Gageville Cem., Gageville, Ashtabula Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Dessie Mae Byrd,   b. 2 Feb 1894, lived in Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1990, Burial: Gageville Cem., Gageville, Ashtabula Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 9 Apr 1913 
    Family ID F0982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peggy Shank 
    Family ID F4776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
    McCroskey, Charles Ray (1925-2014)
    McCroskey, Charles Ray (1925-2014)
    Individual photo of Charles Ray McCroskey came from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138503038/charles-ray-mccroskey

    Maintained by: Find a Grave
    • Originally Created by: skye
    • Added: 9 Nov 2014
    • Find a Grave Memorial 138503038
    • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2020), memorial page for Charles Ray McCroskey (24 Apr 1925–6 Nov 2014), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138503038, citing Gageville Cemetery, Sheffield Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by skye (contributor 47137314) .

    Photo was added to that site by Susan Cordova.
    McCroskey, Charles Ray (1925-2014)
    McCroskey, Charles Ray (1925-2014)
    2-persons photo of Charles Ray McCroskey and unidentified person came from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138503038/charles-ray-mccroskey

    Maintained by: Find a Grave
    • Originally Created by: skye
    • Added: 9 Nov 2014
    • Find a Grave Memorial 138503038
    • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2020), memorial page for Charles Ray McCroskey (24 Apr 1925–6 Nov 2014), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138503038, citing Gageville Cemetery, Sheffield Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by skye (contributor 47137314) .

    Photo was added to that site by Susan Cordova.

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Jayson Stoltz:
      Children of George W. McCroskey:
      Jack C. McCroskey (Married Cyril M. Coffee)
      Charles McCroskey
      Harold McCroskey
      George McCroskey
      Billy McCroskey
      Rosanna McCroskey (Payne)
      Myrtle McCroskey
      Genevieve McCroskey

      Source:
      McCroskey, Kyle. McCroskey Family Tree, Descendants of John McCroskey (1680-1757). 2000.
      Most of the information that concerns the McCroskey family including names, dates, places, census reports, documents, photos, and stories, came from Kyle McCroskey's book. Contributors to her book included Caroline Carr, Donna Clark, Patty Day, Earl McCroskey, George Woodrow McCroskey, Harold McCroskey, Kyle McCroskey, Mike McCroskey, Madaline Earl McEuen, Rosanna Payne, Ruth Peterson, Jo Speck, and Marge Wheeler. Special thanks went to Mark McCroskey and to Judith Hildreth.
      (In the text of the book, the spelling of Myrtle Jane McCroskey's husband is Cladis Devener Paxton. The middle name of George McCroskey, b. 1818 is Woodrow. The birth date of Billy Franklin McCroskey is 1934.)

      Source:
      Keith McCroskey:
      Family: McCroskey/Byrd
      1. Dessie Mae Byrd McCroskey is buried beside George Washington McCroskey. Their residence was in Kingsville, Ohio, for many years prior to their deaths.
      2. Geraldine Mae McCroskey was born in 1931.
      3. Harold Fay McCroskey married Bessie McCroskey. Bessie died in Kingsville OH.
      4. Geraldine Mae McCroskey passed away in Georgia.
      5. Billy Franklin McCroskey married Laura Geneva Hill McCroskey.

      Source:
      SEE THE SETTLE/ LEE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=segulemo&id=I4304
      Settle-Gunter, Lee-Morris Families
      George Washington MCCROSKEY (Giles MCCROSKEY1) was born 12 OCT 1891 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, and died 04 OCT 1977 in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio. He married Dessie Mae BIRD 1912 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, daughter of George Sherman BIRD and Sarah Elizabeth KEFFER. She was born JAN 1894 in Roane County, West Virginia, and died 03 AUG 1990 in Ashtabula, Ohio.

      Children of George Washington MCCROSKEY and Dessie Mae BIRD are:
      2 i. Myrtle Jane MCCROSKEY was born 21 JUL 1916 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, and died 19 JUL 2000 in Bancroft, Putnam, West Virginia. She married Cladis Dovener PAXTON 28 NOV 1936 in West Virginia. He was born 1913 in Roane, West Virginia, and died 08 SEP 2002 in Bancroft, Putnam, West Virginia.
      3 ii. George Washington MCCROSKEY Jr was born 31 JUL 1918 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, and died 20 SEP 2008 in Conneaut, Ohio. He married Shirley Louise REGER. She was born OCT 1923 in Conneaut, Ohio, and died OCT 2010 in Conneaut, Ohio.
      4 iii. Sybil Genavieve MCCROSKEY was born 29 SEP 1920 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, and died 16 APR 1972. She married Gordon Frederick HIRSCH. He was born 12 DEC 1923 in Maryland, and died 27 SEP 1981 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida.
      5 iv. Geraldine Mae MCCROSKEY was born 1921 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia (DONNA FORNEY CLARK VIA KEITH MCCROSKEY: ERRONEOUS BIRTH DATE CORRECTED. BIRTH DATE IS 1931.)
      6 v. Jack Carleton MCCROSKEY was born 03 FEB 1923 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia, and died 13 OCT 2007 in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio.
      + 7 vi. Charles Ray MCCROSKEY was born 1925 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia (DONNA FORNEY CLARK VIA KEITH MCCROSKEY: ERRONEOUS INFO OMITTED.)
      8 vii. Rosanna Elizabeth MCCROSKEY was born 1927 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia.
      9 viii. Harold Fay MCCROSKEY was born MAR 1929 in Walton, Roane, West Virginia.
      + 10 ix. Living MCCROSKEY.


      DFC: Some additional information about the children of George Washington McCroskey and Dessie Mae Bird:
      Source:
      Reprinted by permission. Copyright (c) 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
      https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22george%20woodrow%22~%20%2Bsurname%3Amccroskey~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Awv~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1918-1918~
      FamilySearch:
      George Woodrow Mccroskey
      West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970
      marriage: 1943 Ohio, West Virginia, United States
      spouse: Shirley Louise Reger

      Source:
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138503038/charles-ray-mccroskey#source
      Maintained by: Find a Grave (Donna Forney Clark: site also includes many ancestors of Charles Ray McCroskey.
      Originally Created by: skye
      Added: 9 Nov 2014
      Find a Grave Memorial 138503038
      Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2020), memorial page for Charles Ray McCroskey (24 Apr 1925–6 Nov 2014), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138503038, citing Gageville Cemetery, Sheffield Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by skye (contributor 47137314) .

      Charles Ray McCroskey
      BIRTH 24 Apr 1925
      Wellford, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
      DEATH 6 Nov 2014 (aged 89)
      Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
      BURIAL
      Gageville Cemetery
      Sheffield Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
      MEMORIAL ID 138503038

      Charles R. McCroskey
      Sunday, November 9, 2014
      MONTEZUMA, Ind. — Charles Ray McCroskey, age 89, of Montezuma, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind.
      He was born April 24, 1925, in Welford, W.Va., to George W. McCroskey and Dessie (Bird) McCroskey.

      Mr. McCroskey was a retired carpenter and a member of Montezuma Christian Church.

      Charles was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, George and Jack; and four sisters, Myrtle, Roseanna, Genevieve and Geraldine.

      SURVIVORS OMITTED

      Funeral services and calling hours will be held Today, Nov. 9th in Montezuma, Ind.
      In addition, a Local Service will be held 12 Noon, Thursday, Nov. 13th, at THOMPSON-SMITH-NESBITT FUNERAL HOME, 345 Main St., Conneaut, with burial to follow at Gageville Cemetery. Calling Hours will be Thursday, from 10 a.m. until time of Service.
      Obituary and condolences at www.thompsonsmithnesbitt.com and starbeacon.com.

      Family Members
      Parents
      George Washington McCroskey
      1891-1977
      Dessie May Bird McCroskey
      1894-1990

      Siblings
      Paul McCroskey
      1915-1915

      George W McCroskey
      1918-2008

      Genavieve S McCroskey Hirsch
      1920-1972

      Jack Carleton McCroskey
      1923-2007

      Harold Fay McCroskey
      1929-2016









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